Animation filmmaker Pham Ngoc Tuan has won the first prize at the short animated cartoon making contest launched by the Republic of Korea (RoK) Cultural Centre.
The cartoon Father of Chicken by filmmaker Pham Ngoc Tuan. (Source: VNA)
Animation filmmaker Pham Ngoc Tuan has won the first prize at the short animated cartoon making contest launched by the Republic of Korea (RoK) Cultural Centre.
His cartoon, entitled Bo Cua Ga Con (Father of Chicken), is a story of a lonely dog and his happy chicken family neighbour. They are separated by a fence and do not enjoy a good relationship. After the dog catches an egg and becomes the father of a newly-hatched chicken, the relations get much better.
"The cartoon convinced the jury board since it depicted paternal love and funny situations," said the centre director, Park Nark-jong, at the contest award ceremony held in Hanoi on August 14.
Tuan is a veteran animation filmmaker and also a deputy-director of the Vietnam Animation Centre, one of the four studios in the entire nation taking part in the contest.
"I don't think about the award. I sent my latest cartoon to the contest to introduce it. I also want to see the cartoons made by other young filmmakers," said Tuan. The ten-minute cartoon film was produced in eight months as part of the Vietnam Animation Centre's annual plan.
The second and the third awards went to Lu and Robot by Co Lo Ry Studio and Chiec Banh Tinh Ban (Friendship Cake) by Phan Ngoc Thuy Duong – a second-year student of Ho Chi Minh City Architecture College.
The three award-winning animation films also received support from the Korean Gangwon Information & Multimedia Corporation (GIMC) to improve their films.
These will be shown at the Chuncheon Anitown Festival, the most popular international animation festival in Korea, in September.
The first, second and third place winners will win prizes worth 30 million VND (roughly 1,500 USD) offered by the cultural centre, 20 million VND (nearly 1,000 USD) offered by the GIMC and 20 million VND offered by the Vietnam Department of Cinematography, respectively.
The contest launched in June attracted 22 cartoons from four studios including the State-owned Vietnam Animation Centre, and from independent filmmakers.
The top award winner, Father of Chicken, is among eight cartoon films to be screened at the second Vietnam – Korea Animation Festival, to be held from 13-16 August at Hanoi's Au Co Theatre.
Three shows will be held at 3pm, 5pm and 7pm on Saturday and Sunday. One more screening will begin at 9.30am on Sunday.-VNA
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The cartoon Father of Chicken by filmmaker Pham Ngoc Tuan. (Source: VNA)
